Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne

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Archdiocese of Melbourne Archidioecesis Melburnensis
St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
Basic information
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Territory	Melbourne total Roman Catholic population: 1,029,182
Rite	Latin Rite
Patron	St. Patrick
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Melbourne
Established	March 31, 1874
Cathedral	St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne
Bishop	Archbishop of Melbourne
Website	Archdiocese of Melbourne
Current leadership
Diocesan Bishop	Denis James Hart Archbishop of Melbourne
Auxiliary bishops	Les Tomlinson, Timothy Costelloe, Peter John Elliott

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is located in Victoria, Australia. It is a metropolitan archdiocese and is responsible for the suffragan dioceses of Sale, Sandhurst and Ballarat. The Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hobart are attached to the archdiocese.

Contents 1 Ordinaries 2 Current bishops 3 Sex abuse 4 External links

[edit] Ordinaries

• James Alipius Goold, (1848 - 1886)
• Thomas Joseph Carr, (1886 - 1917)
• Daniel Patrick Mannix, (1917 - 1963)
• Justin Daniel Simonds, (1963 - 1967)
• James Robert Knox, (1967 - 1974)
• Thomas Francis Little, (1974 - 1996)
• George Pell, (1996 - 2001)
• Denis James Hart, (2001 - present)

[edit] Current bishops

Archbishop: Archbishop Denis Hart

Auxiliary bishops:

• Bishop Timothy Costelloe, Auxiliary Bishop, Episcopal Vicar for Tertiary Education and Rector/Spiritual Director, Salesian House
• Bishop Peter John Elliot, Auxiliary Bishop and Episcopal Vicar for Religious Education
• Bishop Leslie Tomlinson, Auxiliary Bishop for Eastern Region

Emeritus auxiliary bishops:

• Joseph O'Connell (Northern Region)
• Hilton Deakin (Eastern Region)

Vicar General: Bishop Les Tomlinson

[edit] Sex abuse

The sexual abuse scandal in the Melbourne archdiocese is an important chapter in the series of Catholic sex abuse cases in many regional jurisdictions.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Archdiocese of Melbourne

• Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne
• Archdiocese of Melbourne
•  "Melbourne". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Melbourne.